There is disclosed an improved pump (5, 5) particularly suitable
for use in a method of "artificial lift" in an oil/gas well. Known pumps used in
artificial lift methods suffer from a number of problems/disadvantages-e.g. low
efficiency (hydraulic efficiency). The disclosed embodiments of the invention provide
a pump (5, 5) which provides a positive displacement of a predetermined
volume of well production fluid for each operative cycle of the pump-in contra-distinction
known to pumps which provide axial flow of well production fluid. The inventive
pump (5, 5) provides a chamber (10, 10) having a
volume (V, V), an inlet (15) to the chamber (10, 10),
an outlet (20) from the chamber (10, 10), and means for varying
the volume (V, V) of the chamber (10, 10). The means for
varying the volume (V, V) of the chamber (10, 10) is controlled
by relative rotation of first and second bodies (30, 35, 30, 35).